NASA’s Kepler Telescope has stumbled upon one of the most fascinating discoveries so far – a colossal artificial megastructure believed to have been constructed by an advanced alien civilization.

This time however, Kepler detected the signal of a supposed vast artificial structure orbiting a star only 1,500 light years away from Earth.

After finishing all plausible explanations, scientists now believe that this complex structure might be an artificial construction made by an advanced alien civilization way up on the Kardashev scale of comparison.

This megastructure works like a supersized solar array orbiting around its host star, stocking the energy and sending it back to the source. The size of the structure is so grand that it’s blocking a considerable fraction of starlight as it spins around its host.

Normally all the exoplanets discovered by Kepler have a typical planet-shape, meaning they are round. This time however, the telescope detected something that isn’t round and behaves unnatural.

A paper has been submitted to the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society in which a particular star named KIC 8462852 is described.

Over the duration of the Kepler mission, KIC 8462852 was observed to undergo irregulary shaped, aperiodic dips in flux down to below the twenty percent level.

We’d never seen anything like this star, it was really weird. We thought it might be bad data or movement on the spacecraft, but everything checked out. – Tabetha Boyajian, researcher at Yale University

Studies mostly focused on two interesting anomalies at KIC 8462852, one that was recorded between days 788 and 795 of the Kepler mission and between days 1510 to 1570.

The first event showed a single transit causing a star brightness drop-off of 15 percent, while the second event manifested as a burst of several transits, possibly indicating towards mass of different objects, resulting in a brightness dip of up to 22 percent. For such a major dip in brightness to occure, the transiting objects have to be extremely big.

Considering that our galaxy has existed for more than 13 billion years, it’s not hard to imagine that an alien civilization may be out there, possessing technology that allows them to build megastructures around stars.

Aliens should always be the very last hypothesis you consider, but this looked like something you would expect an alien civilization to build. – Jason Wright, astronomer from Penn State University

After analyzing all possible situations, scientists concluded that this strange anomaly might be the result of a group of dormant comets recently disturbed by a nearby star. Because this theory is not all that convincing, other researchers are already hypothesizing the possibility of a mega-engineered project created by a Type 2 alien civilization on the Kardashev scale.

This type of aliens would have the ability to use all the available energy radiating from a star. With the help of a vast shell or series of rings surrounding a star, a Dyson sphere-like structure could be constructed. This would block out the star from sight in visible wavelengths, but once the solar energy has been utilized by the alien civilization, the energy would be shifted to longer wavelengths and probably lost as infrared radiation.

Puzzled by these strange recordings, scientists are now trying to point a radio antenna at KIC 8462852 in order to solve the riddle. By doing so, they will be able to detect any artificial radio signals coming from the star and will determine whether or not an intelligent, Type 2 civilization exists in our vicinity, only 1,500 light-years away.

Meanwhile, a second paper is being drafted by top researchers in order to analyze the transit scenario focusing around the possibility of a colossal artificial device engineered by advanced aliens.

Washington Post conjecture written as fact. Bottom line is, we don’t know either way yet – but if you think we are the only intelligent life form in an infinite Universe then you might just be mentally retarded, Marty.

At what point did I EVER imply I don’t think intelligent life exists elsewhere ? Your base and insulting comment didn’t even need to be said. Do you just want drama? If you do, you might be mentally retarded Savva

Believe its the size of the object that it would to take get readings they got to makes it very unlikely. The light dips were 15% & 22%. If you put Jupiter in front of this star the dip would only be 1%. Don’t believe there is any evidence of a rocky planet 22 times the size of jupiter and the star has been around long enough that that much debris would have formed into planet long ago.

A planet that large isn’t really feasible. But under its own gravitational compression, its physical size wouldn’t be that much bigger than Jupiter. Even a brown dwarf star, 75 times the mass of Jupiter, is only about 1 1/2 times its radius. So, it would be impossible for a planet or even a dozen Jupiter-size planets to block 15% and then 22% of the starlight (all transiting almost simultaneously, if that’s even possible) Something truly bizarre and unique is happening over there. Exciting!!

The amount of material needed to create even a plate of metal large enough to dim a star would be massive. a planet the size of jupiter traversing a star at Earth’s orbital distance might not even dim a star by 20%. To jump and say it’s an artificial structue is severe, but if it was correctly recorded, then it was definatly something happening. I would sooner believe it was something closer to us then something orbiting a distant star, and to jump and say it was a created structure is something that only UFO fanatics would do.

This is NOT TRUE YET. Although an alien structure is being higly considered, please do not report false information. This is potentially the most important discovery made ever. You should be ashamed of yourselves for knowingly mis informing the public about something so amazing in its own truth.

Cool, this is the second time reading about this which gives me hope this isn’t some quack discover. I am fairly certain if the sources are correct then astronomers from Yale and such are not going to make such bombastic claims so lightly. Excited to see this unfold :-DDD

Would you rather we collect a large group of self-proclaimed psychics then? We’re not using the radio telescopes to communicate with potential alien objects, we’re using them to identify the objects. Everything in space either gives off or reflects a large amount of radio wave frequency radiation. If there was an advanced society out there that utilized light and heat energy on such a massive scale then the object gathering that energy would give off massive amounts of low frequency radiation.

smoke signals are still a type of measurable energy – visible light. there could be unidentified types of energy, while it is unlikely, but aliens would still know radio waves exist and use them for communication. radio is useful because the waves are really large, so long distance communication is still a great use case for it. on top of that, in order for an intelligence to get to an advanced form of communication, they have to evolve through all the lesser advanced types as well, radio being one of them. so if a planet is really far away, then perhaps aliens were using radio technology thousands of years ago and that information is just reaching us now. the aliens could be using some new, badass undiscovered type of communication we don’t know about yet, and that information will reach us in another few thousand years. so in summation, your highly simplified and snarky response is incorrect as fuck.

There are over 51 types that have been visiting or aiding mankind millions of years before there was any humans and there have been different humans on Earth’s history modern historians simply don’t know and cannot trace that ancient cultures tried to record to the best of their abilities. We have been brainwashed by academia and governments

No because they would be bound by the laws of physics just like the rest of us and may not use the same frequency ranges we use today but they would still use the electromagnetic spectrum. Radio waves will take 1500 years to get here by the way.

Our scientists are looking based on current or even previous scientific logic. But I think they’d have to be more imaginative and ignore what certainty of our understanding of nature tells us. It is more logical to work with a more imaginative wing of scientists who aren’t stuck on certainty and are willing to think outside the box in terms of contact approaches. The paranormal may very well be part of the angle of science that ET uses.
If all is considered, the radio wave approach as it has already proven is a rather weak theory and approach. It’s all theoretical anyway. It just seems bizarre that scientists are excited to look far into space when there’s more evidence that they’re already likely here if one is open to a broad spectrum of historical evidence. It’s almost as though orthodox mainstream scientists want to define how ET is discovered. The suggested bias is that it must be on their terms.

Its not a fact there is no way you can tell me that “if” there is actually aliens out there that the best way to communicate is radio waves. If this possible alien form is advanced then there’s no telling how advanced or what they have discovered. I mean look how far man kind has come in the last 1000 years. Where do you think we will be in the next 1000 years? Still using radio waves? Theres no telling we might be or we might not be the only fact is you nor I will be here to know.

well radio waves were one of the first ways we learned how to communicate using the EM spectrum and they’re still widely used today. if you had listened in science class you’d know that everything in the universe is bound by the laws of physics – that is, the laws that dictate the EM spectrum. If you had been listening in another class you’d learn that radio waves have a very uniquely large wavelength, allowing their signal to pass more efficiently through space. radio is still a great way of communicating. even if there were new forms of communication discovered (like a “fatline” in the Hyperion novels) radio would still probably be used because it’s cheap and efficient. if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

Shut the fuck up you overly sofisticated punk you think your so damn smart “if you had payed attention in science class” I’m not saying that your wrong I’m saying you can’t prove that there is not another way to communicate besides radio waves just as I can’t prove there is. All I was saying was there is a possibility that they don’t use radio waves. So chill the fuck out theres probably not even anything out there

Sound – vibrations transmitted through a medium from the source, then received and deciphered by the recipient. Talking is one such example. Morse code is an example of encoded sound which must be decoded by the recipient to be understood.

Light – similar to radio communication, signals of light are coded and then transmitted from the source, to be received and decoded by the recipient.

Electrical – around for over a century, this method of communication is used whenever you use a landline telephone, cable TV, as well as Internet. In like fashion to light and radio, information is encoded using electrical signals, then transmitted through a medium (typically copper wire), to be received and decoded on the other end, where it is processed and displayed/re-transmitted into a form usable by human senses (either sight, sound, or in the case of Braille, touch).

The difference with communication via light is that it is not broadcast as it typically is with radio communication, but either directed (light beam) or channeled (fiber-optic cable). The word ‘broadcast’ implies signals that are transmitted omnidirectionally (in all directions).

Of all the forms of communications transmission we know about, radio is the most reliable for two main reasons:

1. It travels at the speed of light, because, technically, it IS light. Most people only consider the extremely tiny portion of the electromagnetic spectrum we can see as ‘light’, but in science, this portion is only referred to as ‘visible light’.

2. Because it is broadcast, it travels in all directions possible, so there is no need at all for very precise instrumentation. All you need is a transmission, line-of-sight to a recipient (radio doesn’t travel well through many solid objects), and equipment to receive and decode the transmission into a form recognizable by human senses.

Now with all of that stated, I think it is YOU that needs to chill the fuck out and/or shut the fuck up, because your statement was one of ignorance, which makes you look rather idiotic.

It used to work for me, but now the communication just barely dribbles out and I’d be lucky if it made it to Uranus. I can hardly get my antenna to go up. And frankly, I’m just not that interested in alien life forms anymore. I mean I am, but it’s not an obsession.

There is this thing called quantum entanglement that can alledgedly be used to communicate over infinite distances with no delay. I only read about it in like 2011 so maybe we’ve studied it more and understand it better now. This is a possible form of data transmission. As far as radio waves, they are pretty effective for communicating through a void or other mediums so there is a decent possibility that a technologically advanced alien society would have discovered and started using them before farming the energy of a star.

Um, no. The tiny sliver of radio use, maybe 200 years, will not be intercepted by us. Furthermore, my use of the word “communicate” encompasses all other uses. And, obviously, radio would be the dumbest way to communicate over long distances. That would be akin to the US and China corresponding by messages in bottles. Thanks for playing, Jr.

this is just wrong. you’re not a smart person. as Charles Batchelor said, they’re still bound by the laws of physics, meaning they can’t just invent new types of EM waves. radio is still hyper efficient because waves can pass through structures. if we’re assuming that these aliens built a big sphere around a star, there would be lots of structures in the way, so radio would still be a-ok.

Theory doesn’t mean the same thing in science as is does in plain English. If something is labeled “theory” in science, it has been proven. If it hasn’t been proven it is a hypothesis (if not yet proved or disproved), or garbage (if disproved).

Every scientific theory starts as a hypothesis. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a hypothesis is an idea that hasn’t been proven yet. If enough evidence accumulates to support a hypothesis, it moves to the next step — known as a theory — in the scientific method and becomes accepted as a valid explanation of a phenomenon.

And still is not proven, just accepted as the most likely answer. We can’t even explain our own planet. How can we explain something that can’t even be touch and analyzed with scientific fact and not just a bunch of guesstimates at the conclusions of a few facts.

you’re*. and i understand this but i also know for a fact that we’ve measured the entire electromagnetic spectrum so communication outside of that is really the only thing we can’t comprehend. my point is: even if they’ve learned how to communicate outside of the EM spectrum, using radio waves is still efficient for certain tasks. that’s all.

Not that I actually buy into the alien hype, ( it’s a pretty big assumption considering what little we actually know about the star) but what I think the point that you’re missing is that radio waves might be what we know, but did we know 500 years ago?
Who knows what possible ways of communication exist through technology that we haven’t discovered.
Your logic would be just like someone from the medieval times saying, ” of course people will still use carrier pigeons in the future! They will still be bound to laws of physics and nature!”
By the way, cellular waves are already phasing out radio waves technology for communication.